1-3. (a) Ko e hā ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ai ʻa Siosiua ko e tokotaha naʻá ne fai e fili totonu ʻi he moʻuí? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau manatuʻi ʻi he taimi te tau fehangahangai ai mo ha ngaahi fili?

KO E “fili” ko ha foʻi lea mālohi ia. Ko ha taha ʻoku ʻi ai haʻane fili ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fili mo ha kiʻi mapuleʻi ʻo e feituʻu te ne ʻalu ki aí. Ke fakatātaaʻi: Fakaʻuta atu ki ha tangata ʻokú ne lue atu ʻi ha hala ʻo ne fakatokangaʻi fakafokifā hake kuo manga ua e halá ia. Ko fē te ne fili ke ʻalu aí? Kapau kuo ʻosi fakakaukau ʻa e tangatá ia ki he feituʻu ke ʻalu ki aí, tā ko e hala ʻe tahá te ne ngali ofi ange ai ki heʻene taumuʻá lolotonga ko e hala ʻe tahá te ne mamaʻo ange mei ai.

² ʻOku ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻa e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lahi ʻo e kakai naʻa nau fehangahangai mo ha tuʻunga pehē. Ko e fakatātaá, naʻe pau ke fili ʻe Keini pe te ne fai ki heʻene ʻitá pe mapuleʻi ia. (Sēn. 4:6, 7) Naʻe pau ke fili ʻa Siosiua ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e tauhi ki he ʻOtua moʻoní pe lotu ki he ngaahi ʻotua loí. (Sios. 24:15) Ko e taumuʻa ʻa Siosiuá ke nofo ofi kia Sihova; ko ia ai, naʻá ne fili ha hala ʻe taki atu ai ia ki he feituʻu ko iá. Naʻe ʻikai maʻu ʻe Keini ha taumuʻa pehē, pea naʻá ne fili ʻa e hala naʻá ne ʻai ai ia ke mamaʻo ange meia Sihová.

³ ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, te tau fehangahangai nai mo ha fili kehekehe. Kapau ʻe hoko ia, manatuʻi ko e feituʻu ʻokú ke ʻalu ki aí, pe taumuʻá—ke ʻomai e lāngilangi kia Sihova ʻi he meʻa kotoa ʻokú ke faí pea fakaʻehiʻehi mei ha meʻa pē ʻe fakatupunga ai koe ke ke mavahe meiate ia. (Lau ʻa e Hepelū 3:12.) ʻI he kupu ko ení mo e hoko maí, te tau sivisiviʻi ai ʻa e tafaʻaki ʻe fitu ʻo e moʻuí ʻa ia ʻoku totonu ke ʻoua naʻa tau tuku ha meʻa ke ne fakamamaʻo kitautolu meia Sihova.

 4. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai hono ʻai ha maʻuʻanga moʻuí?

⁴ ʻOku fakafatongiaʻaki ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ke tokonaki maʻa kinautolu mo honau ngaahi fāmilí. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú kapau ʻoku ʻikai loto ha taha ke tokonaki maʻa hono falé, ʻokú ne kovi ange ʻi ha taha taʻetui. (2 Tes. 3:10; 1 Tīm. 5:8) ʻOku hā mahino, ko e ngāue fakamāmaní ko ha konga mahuʻinga ia ʻo e moʻuí, ka ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai te ke tokanga, ʻe lava ʻe he ngāué ʻo fakamamaʻo koe meia Sihova. Anga-fēfē?

 5. Ko e hā e ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fakakaukau ai ki ha ngāue ʻoku tuʻuaki mai?

⁵ Tau pehē ʻokú ke kumi ha ngāue. Kapau ʻokú ke nofo ʻi ha fonua ʻoku siʻi ai ʻa e ngāué, ʻe fakataueleʻi nai koe ke tali ʻa e ʻuluaki ngāue ʻoku tuʻuaki atú—ha faʻahinga ngāue pē. Kae fēfē leva, kapau ko e natula ʻo e ngāué ʻoku fepaki ia mo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakatohitapú? Fēfē kapau ko e taimi-tēpile pe fefonongaʻaki ʻoku kau ki aí te ne taʻofi hoʻo ngāue faka-Kalisitiané pe ʻave ai koe ke mamaʻo mei ho fāmilí? ʻOku totonu ke ke tali ā ʻa e tuʻuakí, ʻi he fakakaukau ʻoku lelei ange ha ngāue taʻefeʻunga ʻi he ʻikai ha ngāué? Manatuʻi, ko hono fili e hala ʻoku halá ʻe lava ke fakamamaʻo ai koe meia Sihova. (Hep. 2:1) Tatau ai pē pe ʻokú ke kumi ngāue pe ʻokú ke toe sivisiviʻi hoʻo ngāue lolotongá, ʻe lava fēfē ke ke fai ha ngaahi fili fakapotopoto?

6, 7. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻe maʻu nai ʻe ha taha fekauʻaki mo e ngāue fakamāmaní? (e) Ko e taumuʻa fē te ne ʻomai ai koe ke ofi ange kia Sihová, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?

⁶ Hangē ko ia naʻe hā ki muʻa angé, manatuʻi ʻa e feituʻu ʻokú ke ʻalu ki aí. ʻEke hifo, ‘Ko fē ʻa e feituʻu ʻoku ou loto ke ʻave au ki ai ʻe ha ngāue?’ Kapau ʻokú ke vakai ki he ngāue fakamāmaní ko ha founga ia ke fakahoko ai ia—ke tokonaki ai maʻau mo ho fāmilí ʻi he ngāue ʻa Sihová—ʻe tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova hoʻo ngaahi feingá. (Māt. 6:33) ʻOku ʻikai puputuʻu ʻa Sihova ʻi he taimi ʻoku mole ai haʻo ngāue pe ko ha tōlalo fakaʻekonōmika taʻeʻamanekina. (ʻAi. 59:1) ʻOkú ne ‘ʻiloʻi ʻa e founga ke fakahaofi ai ʻa e kakai anga-līʻoa fakaʻotuá mei he ʻahiʻahí.’—2 Pita 2:9.

⁷ ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, fēfē kapau ko hoʻo taumuʻá ke hoko pē ʻo tuʻumālie? Mahalo pē te ke lavameʻa. Kae kehe, neongo kapau ʻe aʻu ʻo pehē, manatuʻi ko e “lavameʻa” peheé ʻe iku ai ki ha totongi—ko ha totongi ʻe ʻikai te ke malava. (Lau ʻa e 1 Tīmote 6:9, 10.) Ko e fakamamafa tōtuʻa ki he koloá mo e ngāué te ne fakamamaʻo ai pē koe meia Sihova.

8, 9. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke fakakaukau ki ai ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻá ʻi he haʻu ki heʻenau fakakaukau ki he ngāue fakamāmaní? Fakamatalaʻi.

⁸ Kapau ko ha mātuʻa koe, fakakaukau fekauʻaki mo e anga hono uesia hoʻo faʻifaʻitakiʻangá ʻa hoʻo fānaú. Ko e hā e meʻa ʻoku nau sio ʻoku mahuʻinga taha kiate koé—ko hoʻo ngāué pe ko hoʻo tuʻunga kaumeʻa mo Sihová? Kapau te nau sio ko e tuʻungá, ongoongoá, mo e koloá kuo fakamuʻomuʻa ia ʻi hoʻo moʻuí, te nau muimui nai kia koe ʻi ha hala fakatuʻutāmaki pehē? ʻE malava ke mole ʻenau kiʻi tokaʻi koe ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha mātuʻá? ʻOku pehē ʻe ha finemui Kalisitiane: “Ko e meʻa pē ʻoku lava ke u manatuʻí, naʻe fuʻu femoʻuekina ʻeku tamaí ʻi heʻene ngāué. ʻI he kamatá, naʻe hā ngali naʻá ne ngāue mālohi ʻaupito koeʻuhí he naʻá ne fiemaʻu homau fāmilí ke maʻu ʻa e lelei tahá. Naʻá ne loto ke tokangaʻi lelei kimautolu. Ka ʻi he ngaahi taʻu ki mui maí, kuo liliu ʻa e meʻá ia. ʻOkú ne ngāue pē mo ngāue, peá ne ʻomai leva ki ʻapi ʻa e ngaahi koloa mamafa kae ʻikai ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻú. Ko hono olá, naʻe ʻiloa ai kimautolu ko e fāmili ʻoku lahi ʻemau paʻangá kae ʻikai ko ha fāmili ʻoku nau fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻi he tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié. Te u saiʻia ange ʻi he poupou fakalaumālie ʻa ʻeku tamaí ʻo laka ange ia ʻi heʻene paʻangá.”

⁹ Ngaahi mātuʻa, ʻoua ʻe fakamamaʻo kimoutolu meia Sihova ʻaki ʻa e fakamamafa tōtuʻa ki hoʻomou ngāué. ʻI hoʻomou faʻifaʻitakiʻangá, fakahāhā ki hoʻomou fānaú ʻoku mou tui moʻoni ko e koloa lahi taha ʻe lava ke tau maʻú ko e meʻa fakalaumālié, kae ʻikai ko e meʻa fakamatelié.—Māt. 5:3.

10. Ko e hā nai ʻe fakakaukau atu ki ai ha toʻutupu ʻi he taimi ʻokú ne fili ai ha ngāué?

¹⁰ Kapau ko ha toʻutupu koe ʻokú ke fakakaukauloto ki ha ngāue, ʻe lava fēfē ke ke fili ʻa e hala totonú? Hangē ko ia kuo tau ʻosi lāulea ki aí, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ke ʻilo ʻa e feituʻu ʻoku huʻu ki ai hoʻo moʻuí. ʻE hanga ʻe he ako ngāue mo e ngāue ʻokú ke fakakaukau atu ki aí ʻo fakaʻatā koe ke tuli kakato ange ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e Puleʻangá, pe te ne fakamamaʻo koe meia Sihova? (2 Tīm. 4:10) ʻE hanga ʻe hoʻo taumuʻa ke faʻifaʻitaki ki he founga moʻui ʻa e kakai ko ia ʻoku fakatuʻunga ʻenau fiefiá ʻi he tō hake mo tō hifo ʻa e lahi ʻo ʻenau ʻakauní pe ko ʻenau koloá? Pe te ke fili ke tapua atu ʻa e falala-pau ʻa Tēvitá, ʻa ia naʻá ne tohi: “Naʻa ku talavou, pea kuo u motuʻa ni: Ka kuo teʻeki te u mamata ki ha maʻoniʻoni kuo liʻaki, pe ko hono hako ʻoku nofo ke kole meʻakai”? (Saame 37:25) Manatuʻi, ko e hala ʻe taha te ne fakamamaʻo koe meia Sihova, lolotonga ia ko e hala ʻe taha te ne taki atu koe ki he moʻui lelei taha kuo faifai ange ʻo ke maʻú. (Lau ʻa e Palōveepi 10:22; Malakai 3:10.) Ko fē ʻa e hala te ke filí?a

11. Ko e hā ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú fekauʻaki mo e fakafiefiá, ka ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau manatuʻí?

¹¹ ʻOku ʻikai fakafepakiʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ia ʻa e fiefiá, pea ʻoku ʻikai fakamatalaʻi ai ʻa e fakafiefiá ia ko ha meʻa fakamole taimi. “Ko e teuʻi fakaesinó ʻoku ʻaonga siʻisiʻi pē ia,” ko e tohi ia ʻa Paula kia Tīmoté. (1 Tīm. 4:8) ʻOku aʻu ʻo pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e “ʻaho ke kata” mo e “ʻaho ke meʻe,” pea ʻoku fakalototoʻaʻi ai ha mālōlō lelei. (Koh. 3:4; 4:6) Kae kehe, kapau heʻikai te ke tokanga, ko e fakafiefiá ʻe lava ke ne fakamamaʻo koe meia Sihova. Anga-fēfē? Ko e lahi ʻo e fakatuʻutāmakí ʻoku fakatefito ia ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe ua—ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga fakafiefia te ke filí pea ko e hā ʻa e lahi ʻo e taimi te ke fakamoleki aí.

12. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻa ke ke fakakaukau ki ai fekauʻaki mo e faʻahinga fakafiefia ʻokú ke filí?

¹² ʻUluakí, fakakaukau ki he faʻahinga ʻo e fakafiefiá. Fakapapauʻi ʻe lava ke ke maʻu ʻa e faʻahinga fakafiefia ʻoku leleí. Ko ia ai, ko e lahi ʻo e meʻa ʻoku ala maʻú ʻokú ne fakalāngilangi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fehiʻa ai ʻa e ʻOtuá, kau ai ʻa e fakamālohí, ngāue fakafaʻahikehe, mo e fehokotaki fakasino taʻetāú. Ko ia ai, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ke sivisiviʻi ʻa e faʻahinga fakafiefia ʻokú ke kau ki aí. Ko e hā e ola ʻokú ne fai kiate koé? ʻOkú ne fakaʻaiʻai koe ki ha laumālie fakamālohi, feʻauʻauhi anga-kakaha, pe mamahiʻi-fonua? (Pal. 3:31) ʻOkú ne fakakaʻanga ai ʻe ia hoʻo maʻuʻanga paʻanga? ʻE lava ke fakatūkiaʻi ai ʻa e niʻihi kehé? (Loma 14:21) Ko e hā e faʻahinga feohi ʻoku hanga ʻe hoʻo fili ʻa e fakafiefiá ʻo ʻomi koe ke fetuʻutaki mo iá? (Pal. 13:20) ʻOkú ne ueʻi ʻiate koe ha holi ke fai ha ngaahi tōʻonga hala?—Sēm. 1:14, 15.

13, 14. Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ke fakakaukau ki aí ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e lahi e taimi ʻokú ke fakamoleki ʻi he ngaahi ngāue he taimi ʻataá?

¹³ Fakakaukau foki ki he lahi ʻo e taimi ʻokú ke fakamoleki ʻi he fakafiefiá. ʻEke hifo, ‘ʻOku ou fakamoleki ʻa e fuʻu taimi lahi ʻi he tuli ki he fakafiefiá ʻo siʻi ai ʻa e taimi ʻoku toe ki he ngaahi ngāue fakalaumālié?’ Kapau ʻokú ke fili ke fakamoleki e taimi lahi ʻi he fakafiefiá, te ke ʻiloʻi ai ko ho taimi ʻataá ʻoku ʻikai ke fakaivifoʻou ʻo hangē ko ia ʻe malava ke hokó. Ko e moʻoni, ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻai ʻa e fakafiefiá ʻi hono tuʻunga totonú ʻoku aʻu ʻo nau maʻu ʻa e taimi lahi ange. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí he ʻoku nau ʻilo naʻa nau ʻuluaki tokanga ki he “ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga angé,” pea heʻikai ai te nau ongoʻi halaia ʻi honau taimi mālōloó.—Lau ʻa e Filipai 1:10, 11.

¹⁴ Neongo ko hono fakamoleki ʻa e taimi lahi ʻi he ngaahi ngāue he taimi mālōloó ʻoku hā ngali fakalata nai, ko e ʻalu ʻi he hala ko iá ʻe lava ke ne fakamamaʻo koe meia Sihova. Ko ha tuofefine taʻu 20 ko hono hingoá ko Kim naʻá ne ako ia mei heʻene hokosia. “Naʻá ku faʻa ʻalu ki he paati kotoa pē,” ko ʻene laú ia. “ʻI he fakaʻosinga uike kotoa pē naʻe hoko ai ha meʻa lahi—ʻi he Falaite, Tokonaki, mo e Sāpate. Ka ʻi he taimi ní, ʻoku ou sio ai ʻoku ʻi ai e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga lahi ange ia ke fai. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha tāimuʻá, ʻoku ou ʻā hake ʻi he 6:00 pongipongí ki he ngāue fakamalangá, ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te u fakafeohi ai pē ʻo aʻu ki he taha pe ua hengihengí. ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai ke kovi kotoa ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakasōsialé, ka ʻe lava ke hoko ia ko ha fuʻu fakahohaʻa. Hangē pē ko ha toe meʻa, kuo pau ke tuku ia ʻi hono tuʻunga totonú.”

15. ʻE lava fēfē ke tokoniʻi ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá ʻenau fānaú ke nau maʻu ʻa e fakafiefia fakaivifoʻoú?

¹⁵ ʻOku fakafatongiaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻá ke tokonaki fakamatelie, fakalaumālie, mo fakaeongo maʻa kinautolu mo ʻenau fānaú. ʻOku kau ai hono tokonaki ʻa e fakaivifoʻou. Kapau ko ha mātuʻa koe, ʻoua ʻe hoko ko ha tokotaha taʻofi fiefiá ʻo lau ʻa e ngāue he taimi ʻatā kotoa pē ʻoku kovi. ʻI he taimi tatau, tokanga telia ʻa e ngaahi tākiekina taʻetāú. (1 Kol. 5:6) ʻI he tomuʻa fakakaukau feʻungá, ʻe malava ai ke ke maʻu ʻa e fakafiefia ʻa ia ʻoku fakaivifoʻou moʻoni ki ho fāmilí.b ʻI he founga ko iá, te ke fili ai mo hoʻo fānaú ha hala te ne ʻai ke mou toe ofi ange ai kia Sihova.

16, 17. Ko e hā e tuʻunga fakamamahi kuo faingataʻaʻia ai ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻa tokolahi, pea ʻoku tau ʻilo fēfē ʻoku mahinoʻi ʻe Sihova ʻenau mamahí?

¹⁶ Ko e haʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e mātuʻá mo e kiʻi tamá ʻoku fuʻu mālohi ʻo ngāueʻaki ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e vahaʻangatae ko iá ke fakatātaaʻiʻaki ʻene ʻofa tonu ki hono kakaí. (ʻAi. 49:15) Ko ia ai, ʻoku angamaheniʻaki ke loto-mamahi lahi he taimi ʻoku liʻaki ai ʻa Sihova ʻe ha mēmipa ʻofaʻanga ʻi he fāmilí. “Naʻá ku loto-mamahi lahi,” ko e lau ia ʻa e tuofefine ʻe taha ʻa ia naʻe tuʻusi ʻene taʻahiné. “Naʻá ku fifili, ‘Ko e hā naʻá ne liʻaki ai ʻa Sihová?’ Naʻá ku ongoʻi halaia, peá u tukuakiʻi au.”

¹⁷ ʻOku mahinoʻi ʻe Sihova hoʻo mamahí. Ko ia tonu naʻá ne “fakamamahi ʻi hono finangalo” he taimi naʻe angatuʻu ai ʻa e ʻuluaki mēmipa ʻi hono fāmili fakaetangatá, pea ki mui ange ko e kakai tokolahi naʻa nau moʻui ki muʻa he Lōmakí. (Sēn. 6:5, 6) ʻE faingataʻa nai ki he faʻahinga kuo teʻeki ai ʻaupito ke nau hokosia ha mole peheé ke mahinoʻi ʻa e mamahi ʻe lava ke hoko aí. Kae kehe, ʻe hoko ko e taʻefakapotopoto ia ke ʻai ʻa e ʻalunga taʻetotonu ʻo ha mēmipa tuʻusi ʻi he fāmilí ke fakamamaʻo ai koe meia Sihova. ʻE lava fēfē leva ke ke fekuki mo e mamahi lahi ʻe malanga hake he taimi ʻoku liʻaki ai ʻe ha mēmipa ʻo e fāmilí ʻa Sihova?

18. Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai totonu ai ke tukuakiʻi ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá kinautolu kapau ʻoku liʻaki ʻe ha kiʻi tama ʻa Sihova?

¹⁸ ʻOua e tukuakiʻi koe ki he meʻa naʻe hokó. Kuo tuku ʻe Sihova ha fili ʻi he ʻao ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, pea ko e mēmipa ʻosi fakatapui mo papitaiso taki taha ʻi he fāmilí kuo pau ke ʻi ai hono fatongia ko hono “fua ʻene kavenga pē ʻaʻana.” (Kal. 6:5) Ko hono ikuʻangá, ʻoku fakafatongiaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e tokotaha angahalá—ʻikai ko koe—ki heʻene filí. (ʻIsi. 18:20) Pehē foki, ʻoua ʻe tukuakiʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé. Fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa Sihova fekauʻaki mo e akonakí. Tuʻu ʻo fakafepakiʻi ʻa e Tēvoló—ʻo ʻikai fakafepakiʻi ʻa e kau tauhi-sipi ʻoku nau ngāue ke maluʻi ʻa e fakatahaʻangá.—1 Pita 5:8, 9.

19, 20. (a) Ko e hā ʻe lava ke fai ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻa ʻo e fānau kuo tuʻusí ke fekuki ai mo ʻenau mamahí? (e) Ko e hā e ʻamanaki ʻoku totonu ke fakakaukau ki ai ʻa e ngaahi mātuʻa peheé?

¹⁹ ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, kapau ʻokú ke fili e hala ko e loto-mamahi kia Sihova, te ke fakamamaʻo ai koe meiate ia. Ko e moʻoni, ko e meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ke sio ki ai ʻa e mēmipa ʻofaʻanga ho fāmilí ko hoʻo tuʻu maʻu ke fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa Sihova ʻi ha meʻa pē—kau ai ʻa e haʻi fakafāmilí. Ko ia ke fekuki mo e tuʻungá, fakapapauʻi ke tauhi maʻu ho tuʻunga fakalaumālié tonu. ʻOua e fakamavaheʻi koe mei ho fanga tokoua mo e fanga tuofāfine Kalisitiane faitōnungá. (Pal. 18:1) Lilingi hoʻo ngaahi ongoʻí kia Sihova ʻi he lotu. (Saame 62:7, 8) ʻOua ʻe kumi kalofanga ke feohi ai mo ha mēmipa tuʻusi ʻi he fāmilí, ko e fakatātaá, fakafou ʻi he telefoní pe ʻīmeilí. (1 Kol. 5:11) Nofoʻaki femoʻuekina ʻi he ngaahi ngāue fakalaumālié. (1 Kol. 15:58) ʻOku pehē ʻe he tuofefine naʻe lave ki ai ʻi ʻolungá, “ʻOku ou ʻilo kuo pau ke nofoʻaki femoʻuekina ʻi he ngāue ʻa Sihová pea tauhi au ʻi ha tuʻunga mālohi fakalaumālie koeʻuhí ʻi he taimi ʻe foki mai ai ʻeku taʻahiné kia Sihová, te u ʻi ha tuʻunga ai ke tokoni kiate ia.”

²⁰ ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú ko e ʻofá ʻoku “ʻamanaki ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē.” (1 Kol. 13:4, 7) ʻOku ʻikai hala ia ke ke fakakaukau ki he ʻamanaki ʻe toe foki mai ho ʻofaʻangá. ʻI he taʻu taki taha, ʻoku fakatomala ai ʻa e kau faihala tokolahi pea foki ki he kautaha ʻa Sihová. ʻOku ʻikai houhau ʻa Sihova ʻi heʻenau fakatomalá. ʻI hono kehé, ʻokú ne “faʻa fakamolemole.”—Saame 86:5.

21, 22. Ko e hā hoʻo fakapapaú ʻi heʻene haʻu ki hono ngāueʻaki hoʻo tauʻatāina ke filí?

²¹ Kuo foaki ʻe Sihova ki heʻene fakatupu fakaetangatá ʻa e tauʻatāina ke filí. (Lau ʻa e Teutalōnome 30:19, 20.) Ka ʻoku haʻu ʻa e tauʻatāina ko iá mo ha fatongia mamafa. ʻOku totonu ke ʻeke hifo ʻe he Kalisitiane taki taha: ‘Ko fē ʻa e hala ʻoku ou ʻalu aí? Kuó u fakaʻatā ʻa e ngāué, fakafiefiá, pe ngaahi vahaʻangatae fakafāmilí ke ne fakamamaʻo au meia Sihova?’

²² Ko e ʻofa ʻa Sihova ki heʻene kakaí ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito toe tālafili. Ko e founga pē taha ʻe lava ke tau fakamamaʻo ai meia Sihová kapau ʻoku tau fili ke muimui ʻi ha hala ʻoku hala. (Loma 8:38, 39) Ka, ʻoku ʻikai pau ke hoko ia! ʻAi ko hoʻo fakapapaú ia ke ʻoua ʻe fakaʻatā ha meʻa ke ne fakamamaʻo koe meia Sihova. Ko e kupu hokó ʻe lāulea ai ki he toe tafaʻaki ʻe fā ʻa ia ʻe lava ke ke fakahāhā ai ʻa e fakapapau ko iá.

1, 2. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ‘ngaahi fāliunga’ ʻa Sētané? (e) Ko e hā te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke ʻunuʻunu ofi ki he ʻOtuá?

NAʻE fakatupu ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá fakataha mo e fiemaʻu ke nau ʻunuʻunu ofi kiate ia. Neongo ia, ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe Sētane ke tau fakakaukau hangē ko iá—ʻoku ʻikai ke tau fiemaʻu ʻa Sihova. Ko e foʻi loi ia kuo pouaki ʻe Sētane talu pē mei hono kākaaʻi ʻaki ia ʻa ʻIvi ʻi he ngoue ko ʻĪtení. (Sēn. 3:4-6) ʻI he faai mai ʻa e hisitōliá, kuo toutou fai ʻe he tokolahi ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻa e foʻi fehālaaki ko iá.

² Ko e meʻa fakafiefiá, ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ia ke tau tō ʻi he tauhele ʻa Sētané. “ʻOku ʻikai ke tau taʻeʻilo ki heʻene ngaahi fāliungá.” (2 Kol. 2:11) ʻOku feinga ʻa Sētane ke fakamamaʻo kitautolu meia Sihova ʻaki hono ueʻi kitautolu ke fai ha ngaahi fili hala. Kae hangē ko ia naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he kupu ki muʻá, ʻe lava ke tau fai ʻa e ngaahi fili totonu fekauʻaki mo e ngāué, fakafiefiá, mo e ngaahi hohaʻa fakafāmilí. Ko e kupu ko ení te ne fakahaaʻi mai ʻa e anga hono tauhi ʻa e tekinolosiá, moʻui leleí, paʻangá, mo e pōlepolé ʻi honau tuʻunga totonú ʻo tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke “ʻunuʻunu ofi ki he ʻOtuá.”—Sēm. 4:8.

 3. Fakatātaaʻi ʻa e founga ʻe malava ke ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e tekinolosiá ki he lelei pe ki he kovi.

³ Takatakai he māmaní, kuo lahi fau ʻa e ngaahi meʻangāue fakalakalaka fakaʻilekitulōniká. ʻI hono ngāuetotonuʻakí, ko e ngaahi meʻangāue peheé ʻe lava ke hoko ko e ngaahi meʻangāue ʻaonga. ʻI hono ngāueʻaki taʻetotonú, ʻe lava ke nau tuʻu ʻi vahaʻa ʻiate kitautolu mo ʻetau Tamai fakahēvaní. Fakakaukau ki he komipiutá. Ko e makasini ʻokú ke lolotonga laú naʻe hiki mo pulusi ia ʻaki ʻa e tokoni ʻa e ngaahi komipiutá. ʻE lava ke hoko ʻa e komipiutá ko ha meʻangāue fekumi mo fetuʻutaki ola lelei pea ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ko ha maʻuʻanga ia ʻo ha fakafiefia fakaivifoʻou. Kae kehe, ʻe toe lava ke tau hoko ʻo maʻunimā ʻe he tekinolosia ʻo e komipiutá. ʻOku fakaʻaiʻai pōtoʻi ʻe he kau fakamāketí ʻa e kakaí kuo pau ke nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi koloa fakamuimui tahá. Naʻe mātuʻaki holi ha kiʻi tangata ʻe taha ke ne maʻu ha kiʻi komipiuta makehe ʻo ne fakatau fakapulipuli atu ai ʻa e taha hono kofuuá ke fakatauʻaki. He feilaulau fuonounou moʻoni ē!

 4. Naʻe anga-fēfē feangainga ha Kalisitiane ʻe taha mo hono ngāueʻaki tōtuʻa ʻo e komipiutá?

⁴ ʻOku toe fakamamahi ange ke feilaulauʻi hoʻo fekoekoeʻi mo Sihová fakafou ʻi hono ngāuehalaʻaki pe ngāueʻaki tōtuʻa ʻa e tekinolosiá. “ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻoku totonu ke tau ‘ngāue lelei taha ʻaki ʻa e taimí,’ ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié,” ko e lau ia ʻa Jon, ko ha Kalisitiane ʻi hono taʻu 20 tupu lahí.a “Ka ʻi he taimi ʻoku haʻu ai ki he komipiutá, ko hoku fili kovi tahá pē au.” ʻOku faʻa toki fakatokangaʻi hake pē ʻe Jon kuó ne ʻi he ʻInitanetí ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻapoó. “Ko e lahi ange ʻeku helaʻiá, ko e faingataʻa ange ia ke taʻofi ʻeku fetalanoaʻaki pe mamata ʻi he ngaahi vitiō nounoú—pea naʻe ʻikai maʻu pē ko ha ngaahi vitiō lelei,” ko ʻene fakamatalá ia. Ke tokoniʻi ʻa ia tonu ke taʻofi ʻa e tōʻonga kovi ko ení, naʻe seti ai ʻe Jon ʻene komipiutá ke mate pē ʻi he taimi ke ne mohe aí.—Lau ʻa e ʻEfesō 5:15, 16.

5, 6. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fatongia ʻoku maʻu ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá fekauʻaki mo ʻenau fānaú? (e) ʻE lava fēfē ke fakapapauʻi ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻá ʻoku maʻu ʻe heʻenau fānaú ha feohi lelei?

⁵ Ngaahi mātuʻa, ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ia ke mou puleʻi hoʻomou fānaú ʻi heʻenau māfihunga kotoa pē, ka ʻoku fiemaʻu ke mou sivisiviʻi ʻenau ngāueʻaki ʻa e komipiutá. ʻOua te mou siʻaki kinautolu ki he ʻInitaneti taʻetāú, ngaahi keimi fakamālohí, ngāue fakafaʻahikehé, mo e feohi koví ko e ʻai pē ke nau moʻua ki ai pea ʻoua ʻe fakahohaʻasi koe. Kapau te ke fai pehē, te nau fakaʻosiʻaki nai, ‘Koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai tokanga mai ʻa Mami ia mo Teti, ʻoku pau pē ʻoku sai ia.’ ʻI he tuʻunga ko e ngaahi mātuʻá, ko hoʻomou ngāué ia ke maluʻi hoʻomou fānaú—kau ai ʻa e kau taʻu hongofulu tupú—mei ha meʻa pē ʻe lava ke ne fakamamaʻo kinautolu meia Sihová. Naʻa mo e fanga monumanú ʻoku nau maluʻi honau ʻuhikí mei he fakatuʻutāmakí. Fakaʻuta atu ki he meʻa ʻe fai ʻe ha sināmanuʻi pea kapau ʻe fakamanamanaʻi ʻe ha taha hono ʻuhikí!—Fakafehoanaki mo e Hōsea 13:8.

⁶ Tokoniʻi hoʻo fānaú ke fokotuʻutuʻu ha feohi lelei mo e kau Kalisitiane ala faʻifaʻitakiʻanga kehé, ʻa e iiki mo e lalahi. Pea manatuʻi, ko hoʻo fānaú ʻoku nau fiemaʻu koe ke ke fakamoleki ha taimi mo kinautolu! Ko ia, ʻai ha taimi ke mou kakata, vaʻinga, ngāue, pea “ʻunuʻunu ofi ki he ʻOtuá” fakataha.b

 7. Ko e hā ʻoku tau fiemaʻu kotoa ai ke nofoʻaki moʻui leleí?

⁷ “ʻOkú ke ongoʻi fēfē?” Ko e kupuʻi lea anga-maheni ko ení ʻokú ne fūfuuʻi ha kiʻi foʻi moʻoni. Koeʻuhi naʻe fakaʻatā heʻetau ʻuluaki ongo mātuʻá ʻa Sētane ke ne fakamamaʻo kinaua meia Sihova, ʻoku tau moʻulaloa kotoa ai ki he mahamahakí. ʻOku fakahoko ʻe he mahamahakí ʻa e taumuʻa ʻa Sētané, he ko e taimi ʻoku tau puke aí, ʻoku faingataʻa ange kia kitautolu ke tauhi kia Sihova. Pea kapau ʻoku tau mate, heʻikai malava ke tau toe tauhi kiate ia. (Saame 115:17) Ko e anga-mahení leva, ʻoku tau fiemaʻu ke fai ʻa e meʻa te tau lavá ke tau nofoʻaki moʻui lelei.c Pea ʻoku totonu ke tau tokanga fekauʻaki mo e moʻui lelei mo e ngaahi meʻa hotau fanga tokouá.

8, 9. (a) ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he hoko ʻo fuʻu tōtuʻa ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e moʻui leleí? (e) Ko e hā e ngaahi ʻaonga hono fakatupulekina ʻa e fiefiá?

⁸ Kae kehe, ʻoku mahuʻinga ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he hoko ʻo fuʻu tōtuʻá. Ko e niʻihi kuo nau pouaki faivelenga ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi meʻakai, ngaahi faitoʻo, pe ngaahi meʻa teuteu—ʻo faivelenga ange ia ʻi he ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻOku nau tui loto-moʻoni nai ʻoku nau tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé. Naʻa mo ia, ʻoku ʻikai feʻungamālie ke pouaki ʻa e moʻui leleí pe ngaahi meʻa teuteú mo e ngaahi tōʻongá ki muʻa pe hili ʻa e ngaahi fakataha ʻi he Fale Fakatahaʻangá pe ʻi he ngaahi ʻasemipilií pe ngaahi fakataha-lahí. Ko e hā ka ʻikai aí?

⁹ ʻOku tau fakatahataha fakatahá ke lāulea ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālie pea ke fakatupulekina ʻetau fiefiá, ko ha fua ia ʻo e laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Kal. 5:22) ʻI he ngaahi taimi peheé, ko hono ʻoatu ha faleʻi moʻui lelei pe meʻa teuteu—pe ʻoku ʻeke atu pe ʻikai—ʻe lava ke afeʻi ai ʻetau tokangá mei heʻetau taumuʻa fakalaumālié pea kaihaʻasia ai e fiefia ʻa e niʻihi kehé. (Loma 14:17) Ko e anga ʻo e fakafeangai ʻa ha taha ki heʻene ngaahi tokanga ki he moʻui leleí kuo pau ko e fili pē ia ʻaʻana. ʻIkai ko ia pē, kuo ʻikai maʻu ʻe ha taha ha fakaleleiʻanga ki he mahamahakí kotoa. Naʻa mo e kau toketā lelei tahá ʻoku nau hoko ʻo motuʻa mo puke, pea faai atu pē ʻo nau mate. Pea ko e hohaʻa tōtuʻa fekauʻaki mo ʻetau moʻui leleí heʻikai lava ke ne fakalōloaʻi ʻetau moʻuí. (Luke 12:25) ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, “ko e loto fiefia ko e faitoʻo lelei.”—Pal. 17:22.

10. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ongo ʻulungaanga ʻoku fakaʻofoʻofa kia Sihova? (e) ʻE lava fēfē ke tau maʻu ʻa e moʻui lelei taha ʻe malavá?

¹⁰ ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ʻoku feʻungamālie ke tokanga fekauʻaki mo hotau fōtunga hā maí. Ka ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ʻoua te tau fuʻu feinga lahi ke toʻo kotoa atu ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻo e taʻumotuʻá. Ko e ngaahi fakaʻilonga ko iá ʻe lava ke hoko ia ko e fakamoʻoni ʻo e matuʻotuʻa, ngeia, mo e fakaʻofoʻofa ʻi loto. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “Ko e ʻuluhina ko e kalauni matamatalelei ʻoku maʻu ʻi he hala ʻo e faitotonu.” (Pal. 16:31) Ko e anga ia ʻo e vakai mai ʻa Sihova kia kitautolú, pea ʻoku totonu ke tau feinga ke vakai kia kitautolu hangē ko ʻene vakai maí. (Lau ʻa e 1 Pita 3:3, 4.) Ko ia ai, ʻoku fakapotopoto, ke fai ha ngaahi ngāue fakaetafa fakatuʻutāmaki mo ʻikai fiemaʻu pe ngaahi ngāue faitoʻo ke ʻai pē ai ha taha ke hā fakaʻofoʻofa fakaesino lahi ange? “Ko e fiefia ʻi he ʻEiki” ko ha matavai ia ʻo e fakaʻofoʻofa moʻoní ʻoku tapua atu mei loto, ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻa e taʻumotuʻá pe moʻui leleí. (Nehe. 8:10) ʻI he māmani foʻoú pē te tau hoko ai ʻo moʻui lelei kakató mo toe maʻu ai ʻa e fakaʻofoʻofa fakatalavoú. (Siope 33:25; ʻAi. 33:24) Ka toki hoko leva ia, ko hono fakahāhā ʻa e poto ʻaongá mo e tuí te ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke nofo ofi kia Sihova lolotonga ʻetau fai hotau lelei tahá ʻi hotau ngaahi tuʻunga lolotongá.—1 Tīm. 4:8.

11. ʻE lava fēfē ke hoko ʻa e paʻangá ko ha tauhele?

¹¹ ʻOku ʻikai kovi ʻa e paʻangá, pea ʻoku ʻikai hala ke kau ʻi ha pisinisi faitotonu. (Koh. 7:12; Luke 19:12, 13) Kae kehe, ko hono fakatupulekina ʻa e “ʻofa ki he paʻangá” te ne fakamamaʻo taʻealataʻofi kitautolu meia Sihova. (1 Tīm. 6:9, 10) “Ko e loto-moʻua fekauʻaki mo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení,” ko e tokanga tōtuʻa fekauʻaki mo hono maʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ki he moʻuí, ʻe lava ke ne kāsia fakalaumālie kitautolu. Ko ia ʻe lava ʻe he “mālohi kākā ʻo e koloá,” ʻa e tui hala ʻe ʻomi ʻe he koloá ʻa e fiefia mo e maluʻanga taʻengatá. (Māt. 13:22) Naʻe fakamāʻalaʻala ʻe Sīsū ‘ʻoku ʻikai ha taha’ ʻe lava ke ne tauhi lavameʻa ki he ʻOtuá mo e koloá fakatouʻosi.—Māt. 6:24.

12. Ko e hā e faʻahinga tauhele fakapaʻanga ʻoku angamaheniʻaki he ʻaho ní, pea ʻe lava fēfē ke tau fakaʻehiʻehi mei ai?

¹² Ko e vakai hala ki he paʻangá ʻe lava ke taki atu ki he ngaahi tōʻonga hala. (Pal. 28:20) Ko e ngaahi talaʻofa fekauʻaki mo hono maʻu ha paʻanga vave mo faingofuá kuó ne fakataueleʻi ʻa e niʻihi ke fakatau ʻa e ngaahi tikite lulu pe tuli ki he ngaahi palani fakamāketi kehekehe, naʻa mo hono tohoakiʻi ʻa e kau mēmipa kehe ʻo e fakatahaʻangá. Kuo kākaaʻi ʻa e niʻihi ʻe he ngaahi tuʻuaki ʻo e ngaahi tupu māʻolunga taʻepau ʻi he ngaahi ʻinivesí. ʻOua ʻe fakaʻatā ʻa e mānumanu ke ne ʻai koe ke kākaaʻi. Ngāueʻaki ʻa e fakakaukau leleí. Kapau ko ha tuʻuaki ʻoku hā ngali fuʻu lelei ke moʻoni, mahalo pē ʻoku pehē.

13. ʻOku anga-fēfē kehe ʻa e vakai ʻa Sihova fekauʻaki mo e paʻangá mei he māmaní?

¹³ ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau fakamuʻomuʻa ai ʻa e “Puleʻangá mo e māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá,” ʻoku tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻetau ngaahi feinga mafamafatatau ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻo e moʻuí. (Māt. 6:33; ʻEf. 4:28) ʻOku ʻikai te ne fiemaʻu kitautolu ke tau tō ʻo mohe lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi fakatahá koeʻuhí ko e ngāue tōtuʻá pe ko e tangutu ʻi he Fale Fakatahaʻangá ʻo hohaʻa fekauʻaki mo e paʻangá. Ka, ko e tokolahi ʻi he māmani takatakai ʻia kitautolú ʻoku nau tui ko e līʻoa pē kinautolu ki hono ʻai ha paʻangá ʻe lava ke nau maʻu ai ha kahaʻu malu pea moʻui faingofua ange ʻamui. ʻOku nau faʻa tenge ʻenau fānaú ki he taumuʻa fakamatelie tatau. Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Sīsū ko e fakakaukau peheé ʻoku taʻeʻuhinga. (Lau ʻa e Luke 12:15-21.) ʻOku fakamanatu mai heni ʻa Kēhesi, ʻa ia naʻá ne fakakaukau ʻe malava ke ne fakatōliʻa ʻene mānumanú lolotonga ʻokú ne kei tauhi maʻu hono tuʻunga lelei mo Sihová.—2 Tuʻi 5:20-27.

14, 15. Ko e hā kuo pau ai ke ʻoua te tau sio ki he fokotuʻutuʻu fakapaʻangá ko ha maluʻangá? ʻOmai ha fakatātā.

¹⁴ ʻOku līpooti ʻa e melemo e fanga ʻīkale ʻe niʻihi ʻi he ʻikai ke nau tukuange mei honau ngaahi pesipesí ha ika naʻe fuʻu mamafa ke puna mo ia. ʻE lava ke hoko ha meʻa pehē ki ha Kalisitiané? “ʻOku ou faʻa fakapotopoto ʻaupito,” ko e fakamatala ia ha tokotaha mātuʻa ko Alex. “Kapau ʻoku ou huaʻi ʻo fuʻu lahi ha semipū, ʻoku ou toe fakafoki ha niʻihi ki he foʻi hiná.” Kae kehe, naʻe maʻu ʻa Alex ʻi he fefakatauʻaki he sitoka māketí, ʻo ne fakakaukau ʻe vave ʻa e lava ke ne liʻaki ʻene ngāué pea hū ki he ngāue tāimuʻá. Naʻá ne hoko ʻo femoʻuekina lahi ange ʻi ha toe taimi ʻi hono ako ʻa e ngaahi tuʻuaki mo e ngaahi līpooti fakamāketi kehekehe. ʻI hono ngāueʻaki ʻene ngaahi paʻanga naʻe fakahuú mo e paʻanga naʻe kole mei he kau tilá, naʻá ne fakatau ʻa e ngaahi sitoka ʻa ia naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe he kau ʻanalaisó ʻe vave tupu hono mahuʻingá. Ka, naʻe tō vave ʻaupito ia. “Naʻá ku fakapapauʻi ke toe maʻu mai ʻeku paʻangá,” ko e lau ia ʻa Alex. “Naʻá ku ongoʻi kapau te u kiʻi piki atu pē, “ʻe toe foki hake ʻa e ngaahi sitoká.”

¹⁵ ʻI he laui māhina, naʻe ʻikai malava ʻa Alex ke kiʻi fakakaukau fekauʻaki mo ha meʻa kehe. Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ʻoku faingataʻa ke tokanga tefito ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié, pea ʻikai lava ʻo mohe lelei. Ka naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe foki mai ʻa e ngaahi sitoká ia. Naʻe mole meia Alex ʻene ngaahi paʻanga naʻe fakahuú pea pau ai ke fakatau hono falé. “Naʻá ku ʻai ke mamahi lahi hoku fāmilí,” ko ʻene fakahaaʻi iá. Ka naʻá ne ako ha lēsoni mahuʻinga. “ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi he taimí ni ko ha taha pē ʻoku tuku ʻene falalá ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa Sētané te ne hoko ʻo loto-mamahi lahi.” (Pal. 11:28) Ko e moʻoni, ko e tuku ʻetau ʻamanakí ʻi heʻetau ngaahi paʻanga naʻe fakahuú, ngaahi ʻinivesimení, pe malava ke maʻu paʻanga ʻi he fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení ʻoku fakatatau ia ki hono tuku ʻetau ʻamanakí ʻi he “ʻotua ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení,” ʻa Sētane. (2 Kol. 4:4; 1 Tīm. 6:17) Kuo fakafaingofuaʻi ʻe Alex ʻene moʻuí talu mei ai “koeʻuhi ko e ongoongo leleí.” Te ne tala atu kia koe ko e fai peheé kuo ʻai ai ia mo hono fāmilí ke nau fiefia ange pea kuo tohoakiʻi ai kinautolu ke toe ofi ange kia Sihova.—Lau ʻa e Maʻake 10:29, 30.

16. ʻOku anga-fēfē kehe ʻa e pōlepole ʻoku leleí mei he pōlepole ʻoku koví?

¹⁶ Ko e pōlepole ʻi he ngaahi meʻa totonú ʻe lava ke hoko ʻo lelei. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku totonu ke tau ongoʻi pōlepole maʻu pē ke hoko ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihova. (Sel. 9:24) Ko ha kiʻi tokaʻi-kita lelei ʻoku tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke fai e ngaahi fili lelei pea fakaʻehiʻehi ai mei hono fakasiʻisiʻia hotau ngaahi tuʻunga fakaeʻulungāngá. Ka ʻi hono fuʻu fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻetau ngaahi vakai pe tuʻunga pē ʻo kitautolú tonu ʻe lava ke fakamamaʻo ai kitautolu meia Sihova.—Saame 138:6; Loma 12:3.

17, 18. (a) Lave ki ha ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga Fakatohitapu ʻo e kakai anga-fakatōkilalo pea pehē ki he kakai pōlepole. (e) Naʻe anga-fēfē fakaʻehiʻehi ha tokoua ʻe taha mei hono tuku ʻa e pōlepolé ke ne fakamamaʻo ia meia Sihová?

¹⁷ ʻOku ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻa e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e kakai pōlepole pea pehē ki he kakai anga-fakatōkilalo. Naʻe hanga anga-fakatōkilalo ʻa Tuʻi Tēvita kia Sihova ki ha tataki, pea naʻe tāpuakiʻi ia ʻe Sihova. (Saame 131:1-3) Ka naʻe fakatōkilaloʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e ongo Tuʻi pōlepole ko Nepukanesa mo Pelisasá. (Tan. 4:30-37; 5:22-30) ʻI he ʻahó ni foki, ʻoku malanga hake ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe ʻahiʻahiʻi ai ʻetau anga-fakatōkilaló. Ko Ryan, ko ha sevāniti fakafaifekau taʻu 32, naʻe hiki ki ha fakatahaʻanga foʻou. “Naʻá ku ʻamanekina ʻe vave hano fokotuʻu au ke u hoko ko ha mātuʻa,” ko e lau ia ʻa Ryan, “ka ʻi he ʻosi atu ʻa e taʻu ʻe taha naʻe ʻikai ke hoko ha meʻa.” ʻE ʻita pe loto-mamahi ʻa Ryan, ʻo ongoʻi kuo ʻikai ke fakahāhā ange ʻe he kau mātuʻá ha fakaʻapaʻapa totonu? ʻE taʻofi ai ʻene maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakatahá, ʻo tuku ʻa e pōlepolé ke fakamamaʻo ai ia meia Sihova mo ʻEne kakaí? Ko e hā naʻá ke mei faí?

¹⁸ “Naʻá ku lau ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē naʻe malava ke u maʻu ʻi heʻetau ʻū tohí fekauʻaki mo e ʻamanaki fuoloá,” ko e manatu ia ʻa Ryan. (Pal. 13:12) “Naʻe kamata ke u ʻiloʻi naʻe fiemaʻu ke u ako ʻa e kātakí mo e anga-fakatōkilaló. Naʻe fiemaʻu ke u tuku kia Sihova ke ne akoʻi au.” Naʻe afeʻi ʻe Ryan ʻene tokangá ke mamaʻo meiate ia tonu kae ngāue ki he niʻihi kehé—ʻi he fakatahaʻangá pea ʻi he malaʻe malangá. ʻIkai fuoloa naʻá ne fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi ako Tohi Tapu fakalakalaka ʻe niʻihi. “ʻI he taimi naʻe fakanofo ai au ko ha mātuʻa ʻi he taʻu ʻe taha mo e konga ki mui aí, naʻe hoko fakafokifā mai ia,” ko ʻene laú ia. “Naʻe ʻikai te u toe hohaʻa ki ai koeʻuhí naʻá ku fuʻu fiefia lahi ʻi heʻeku ngāue fakafaifekaú.”—Lau ʻa e Saame 37:3, 4.

19, 20. (a) ʻE lava fēfē ke tau fakapapauʻi ʻe ʻikai ha taha ʻo ʻetau ngaahi ngāue fakaʻahó te ne fakamamaʻo kitautolu meia Sihova? (e) Ko e hā e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻe lava ke tau faʻifaʻitaki ai ki he faʻahinga naʻa nau nofo ofi ai pē kia Sihova?

¹⁹ Ko e ngaahi meʻa kotoa naʻe lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupú ni mo e kupu ki muʻá kuo ʻi ai hono tuʻunga totonu ʻi heʻetau moʻuí. ʻOku tau pōlepole ʻi he hoko ko e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová. Ko ha fāmili fiefia mo moʻui lelei ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi meʻaʻofa lahi taha ʻa Sihová. ʻOku tau mahinoʻi ko e ngāue fakamāmaní mo e paʻangá ʻe lava ke na tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tokanga ki heʻetau ngaahi fiemaʻú. ʻOku tau ʻiloʻi ʻoku lava ke fakaivifoʻou kia kitautolu ʻa e fakafiefiá pea ʻe lava ke ʻaonga ʻa e tekinolosiá. Ka ko e tuli ki ha taha pē ʻo e ongo meʻá ni ʻi he taimi halá, ʻi ha tuʻunga tōtuʻa, pe ʻi ha founga ʻe fakaheleleuʻi ai ʻetau lotú ʻe lava ke fakamamaʻo ai kitautolu meia Sihova.

²⁰ Ko e moʻoni, ʻe saiʻia ʻa Sētane ke hoko ʻa e meʻa ko iá. Ka, ʻe lava ke ke taʻofi ha fakatamaki pehē mei hono ʻai koe mo ho fāmilí ke mou tō ai! (Pal. 22:3) ʻUnuʻunu ofi kia Sihova, pea nofo ofi ai pē kiate ia. ʻOku tau maʻu e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga Fakatohitapu lahi ke fakahinohinoʻi kitautolu ʻi he meʻá ni. Ko ʻĪnoke mo Noá naʻá na “aeva moe Otua” moʻoní. (Sēn. 5:22; 6:9, PM) Ko Mōsesé naʻá ne “hanganaki tuʻu maʻu ʻi heʻene sio atu ko ia ki he Tokotaha ʻa ia ʻoku taʻehāmaí.” (Hep. 11:27) Naʻe maʻu ʻe Sīsū ʻa e poupou hokohoko ʻa e ʻOtuá koeʻuhí naʻá ne fai maʻu pē ʻa e meʻa naʻe fakahōifua ki heʻene Tamai fakahēvaní. (Sione 8:29) Faʻifaʻitaki ki he ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga peheé. “Hoko ʻo fiefia maʻu pē. Lotu maʻu pē. Fai ʻa e fakafetaʻi ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē.” (1 Tes. 5:16-18) Pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ha meʻa ke ne fakamamaʻo koe meia Sihova!